Word: laird
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They will meet with presidential advisor Henry Kissinger, Undersecretary of State Eliot Richardson, possibly Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird and Secretary of State William Rogers, and a long list of Senators and Congresmen...
...Mass.) and Eliot Richardson. Undersecretary of State. It expects to meet with Henry Kissinger, professor of Government (on leave) and Nixon's foreign policy advisor. Most members of the group are friends of Kissinger. They have asked for appointments with Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, and several other Senators and Congressmen...
Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird reported Saturday that U. S. field commanders are planning to attack all the enemy sanctuaries along the 350-mile border between Cambodia and South Vietnam...
Furthermore. Laird said, in the future, "Americans who remain in South Vietnam will not be sitting ducks for an enemy that can hide in sanctuary areas." Three air raids, as well as two ground campaigns, have already been launched against Cambodian sanctuary areas. Laird added...
...announcement caused little surprise in the West. U.S. Defense Secretary Melvin Laird told Congress in February that the Chinese would "attempt to test-launch their first ICBM or space booster in the near future." The Pentagon added last week that the launching "obviously reflects the significant technological progress which is being made in that country." More precisely, it appeared to demonstrate that the Chinese were advancing toward an important goal: the building of missiles capable of delivering nuclear warheads to U.S. and European targets as early as 1973. The news might well affect U.S. Congressional action on a proposed expansion...